The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hear comments on three proposals on March 29, 2023, at a public hearing beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Room C-500 at the Michael A. Bilandic Building at 160 N. LaSalle Street in Chicago. All proposals must be approved by the Illinois Supreme Court before they can take effect.

Illinois passed a limited women’s suffrage law in 1913, which was then rendered moot by the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, giving women the right to vote in all elections. In Illinois, the right to vote, which is one of several requirements for jury service, did not necessarily mean women could serve on juries.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford recently visited with three classes of students at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan.

The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC), which oversees Problem-Solving Courts (PSC) in Illinois, is pleased to announce that all Illinois PSC have received certification from the Illinois Supreme Court.

Illinois judges are increasingly being recognized for their dedicated work in courtrooms throughout the state. Here are some of the recent honors received by Illinois judges:

Debt collection is one of the main reasons people are summoned to court nationwide. Unfortunately, many fail to respond to these lawsuits for multiple reasons that include the inability to take time off work, lack of transportation, insufficient notice from the courts, and having no financial resources to fight it.

The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission) announced the formation and inaugural roster of the new Disability Access Committee (Committee).

Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court recently announced the expansion of the Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Courts (the Committee) to include 15 new members.

Our court system often serves the people of this State in their most vulnerable moments, and that is particularly true in child abuse and neglect cases. In 2020, the Supreme Court established the Court, Children and Families Division of the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts. To explain the important work of that Division, I would like to introduce its Assistant Director, Heather Dorsey.

The Illinois Supreme Court’s Statutory Court Fee Task Force (Task Force) announced the release of its final report, a follow-up to the work of the first Task Force in 2016.